Thursday, February 18, 2010

l.a. street food fest was a no, the coffee table in silverlake was a go

going to the l.a. street food fest and seeing the long ass line of people waiting to get in transported me back to my college days when my friends and i stood in line for a club or bar waiting to get in (and yes, we weren't skankalicious enough to bypass the line...sad face). coinky dinky enough, both the club line and the l.a. street food one will put you into contact with some form of meat, but the one at the l.a. street food fest was about 2.5 hours long and you risked a possible heat stroke from it. even though my friends and i had plans to meet other friends that were already inside, a quick survey of the crowd still waiting to get in yielded this formula x + y/ 4x-z= SUCKA. oh hell no. it was clear to me (but not to other people i guess) that the line was way too long so you ran the possibility of not getting in AT ALL or worse yet, you get in and they RUN OUT OF FOOD. come on now, how much food can these trucks hold anyways? i doubt people were running in to replenish the food. the formula works...try it.

oh no. :(

oh hell no. *shakes head*

since we didn't pay for parking, the decision to leave was made easier so i texted my friends to bid them adieu and off we went to the coffee table in silverlake.

holy hell i was hungry by then! the pavement pounding, sweat wiping, horror on my face, and sadness in my heart only meant that i HAD to have a burger. you might not know this, but put a little burger in your heart and it does wonders for your soul. so i did. i ordered a tuna burger and when i was offered cheese for it, i actually had to think about it...hmm...ahi tuna and cheese...NO. it was rather delicious just the way it is! even though the buns were nothing special, i enjoyed the spicy seasoning on my medium rare tuna hunk. the side of pineapple slaw was also refreshingly different just like mango salsa is on a chip.

my friend also needed a burger pick me up and got the los feliz beef burger with a side of mashies. nothing special, but still tasty.

but my thick ole tuna steak masquerading as a burger trumps it all. it was thick, juicy, and tender. i guess i still got my fill of "meat" after all.

the meal ended on a sweet note. two mini cupcakes (red velvet and banana walnut) were consumed. the frosting was spot on with its cream cheese frosting, but the mini cupcakes were dry....another reason not to order a mini i guess.

so there you have it. although we did not participate in the l.a. street food fest (which i heard was a nightmare of lines, inside and out) we still managed to have a grand ole belly loving time at the coffee table. like everything in life, there's always a silver lining (not to go all fortune cookie on your butts) but yes, everything was all good after all, if not better.

diana- the organizers were definitely ill prepared for the crowd, but kudos to them for organizing it. if there's a 2nd one, i hope it will be better planned. and omg, what do you mean your FIRST cheeseburger?!

afro- my friend waited an hour to get to the front of the ludo line, only to get tickets that told her to come back in 45 minutes to pick up food. THAT, is LOCO. an ahi burger is sooooooo good.

me is you- if you're a creme brulee and cheesecake fan, you would DIE with this dessert. omfg it was sooooooo good! the top isn't crackly like a real creme brulee, but it has that carmelized sweetness. mmmm....

Getting Organized

(read the following to the tune of vanilla ice's "ice, ice, baby").
all right STOP, let me elaborate so listen.
bagnatic is back with another obsession.
SOME things, grab a hold of me tightly,
flows through my mind, daily and nightly.
are you thinking FOOD? yo like you didn't know.
i seek new eats while my fat belly grows.
to the extreme i rock my spork like a vandal,
eat everything i see until my belly can’t handle.
DAMN! as my belly balloons.
i'm eating pork belly, banh mi, and shiitake mushrooms.
DEADLY, when i see a new eatery,
i hope it’s delicious or else that’s a felony.
i love it, i love it, but i effin’ gained weight.
i better get on a treadmill and work out twice a day.
but if that’s a problem, yo i'll manage it.
buy bigger pants and that’ll solve it.
yum yum baby it’s good, it's gooood…..
(actually, my first love is bags, but i couldn’t work it into this gangsta rap of mine. anyways, my name is bagnatic. hello and nice to meet you).